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Senior AWS Infrastructure & Cloud Architect with over 18 years of IT experience, with an evolving career path: system administration, virtualization, storage, Big Data infrastructures, then specialization in AWS cloud and DevOps practices. I am involved in the design, automation, and operation of secure, scalable, and resilient cloud architectures. Autonomous, versatile, and results-oriented, I support companies in their cloud transformation projects.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Conversational
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- EDFAWS Cloud ConsultantENERGY AND UTILITIESJune 2022 - Today (4 years)92000 Nanterre, FranceWithin the CCOE, responsible for the design and build of the AWS landing zone, as well as supporting business teams in their transition to the cloud
- Design and implementation of complex cloud architectures: (hybrid connectivity, TGW, DirectConnect, DirectConnect Gateway, Firewall, Proxy etc...)
- Support (design/implementation) and consulting for business teams during application migration phases from on-premises to AWS
- Management of AWS architecture for highly available systems (chaos engineering, Disaster Recovery)
- Automation of infrastructure component deployments.
- Documentation and Skills Transfer
- Technical Environment:
- Compute & Containers: EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, AWS Batch, Docker
- Storage & Backup: S3, EBS, EFS, AWS Backup
- Network & Security: VPC, Route 53, CloudFront, IAM, KMS, Security Hub, Organizations, SCP, TransitGateway, DirectConnect, Peering, Routing, Firewall Manager, Fortinet, McAfee, ClamaV
- Infrastructure as Code & DevOps: CloudFormation, Terraform, Gitlab-ci, Shell Scripting, Python
- Observability & Compliance: CloudWatch, Cloud Trail, AWS Config, GuardDuty, SecurityHub
- Databases: RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora
- Landing Zone & Governance: AWS Organizations, Service Catalog
- EDFBig Data & Cloud Infrastructure AdministratorENERGY AND UTILITIESJune 2018 - June 2022 (4 years)Nanterre, FranceWithin the IT and Commerce departments of EDF, responsible for administering Big Data infrastructures and supporting Data teams (Data Scientists, Data Engineers) in the design, build, and deployment of applications based on microservices architectures, both in the AWS cloud and the internal CaaS (Container as a Service) cloud.
- Preparation and configuration of physical servers (HP DL380 G8/G9): ILO, RAID, Linux OS installation (RHEL 7, CentOS 7)
- Setup of Big Data Hadoop environments (HDP 2.6.5): deployment, configuration, Level 3 support and troubleshooting
- Installation and configuration of Dev & Data tools: Docker, Ansible, Nginx, RStudio, etc.
- Creation of custom Docker images for Data Scientists and deployment automation via Jenkins
- Deployment and orchestration of APIs in an OpenShift environment (internal CaaS cloud)
- Participation in the design of technical architectures for new use cases deployed in AWS
- Support for AWS application operations: incident resolution, monitoring, access management
- Maintenance in Operational Condition (MCO) of Linux systems: backup management, patch management, monitoring, storage management.
- Writing operational documentation and server authorization management
- Level 3 technical support for project and Data teams
Technical Environment:RHEL 6, 7 - CentOS 6, 7 - Openshift 3.9 - Docker - HDP Hortonworks 2.6.5 - HP DL380 G8, G9 - Python - Jenkins - influxDB- MongoDB - Ansible 2.7 - Kubernetes - AWS EKS - Terraform - Gitlab-CI - Orange Business ServicesVMware Infrastructure & Systems AdministratorTELECOMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2016 - June 2018 (2 years and 5 months)93170 Bagnolet, FranceAs part of the virtualization project for TOIP power plants for Orange Business Services' major clients, responsible for the deployment and configuration of VMware infrastructures.
- Deployment and administration of virtualized infrastructures under VMware vSphere: creation, configuration, and maintenance of virtual machines (Linux / Windows)
- Physical server preparation (HP DL360 / DL380): rack mounting, ESXi installation, firmware/BIOS updates, fiber channel cabling to HBAs
- Implementation and administration of SAN storage: HP EVA, NetApp, DataCore SANsymphony (Software-Defined Storage)
- Configuration of fiber interconnection via Brocade switches
- Administration of the NetBackup 7.6 backup solution: deployment, monitoring, and restoration
- Active Directory 2012 Management: DNS, GPO, DFS, account and rights management
- Performing version upgrades (firmware, drivers, ESXi, VMtools, etc.)
- Level 3 technical support for all system, storage, and virtualization layers
Technical Environment:Vmware Vsphere 5.5 - Windows Server 2012 - Centos 5,6, 7 - RHEL 5,6, 7 -NetBackup 7.6 - HP DL380 G8, G9 - HP DL360 G7 - DataCore SAN Symphony-VR10 - NetApp Data ONTAP 8 – 7Mode
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Education
- AWS Training and Certification: Certified Solution Architect - Associate, Global Knowledge2021Formation et Certification AWS : Certified Solution Architect - Associate, Global Knowledge
- Sysops Administrator Associate, Global Knowledge2021Sysops Administrator Associate, Global Knowledge
Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – ProfessionalAmazon Web Services Training and Certification2025
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateAmazon Web Services Training and Certification2021